> > yes, that's nice. But you shouldn't commit fixes without a possibility > to test if it was good. Would you? ;-) >
First I did this in the past. Please see https://asyropoulos.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/compiling-openoffice4/ At that time I was sure the patches would find their way to source tree, but apparently they have been ignored... > > Nobody has said we don't do it and they are not more open-minded. > I said that they are more open-minded! And I based this on my own personal experience. Not to mention that since you got the code from a company that produces Solaris, out of courtesy you should ensure the suite compiles under Solaris... > It's simply a fact that we have no experts for Solaris and no testing > hardware. > Hardware? We are not talking about SPARC machines. Nobody cares about these machines anymore. We are talking about "ordinary" computers with Intel or Intel-like processors. Second you do not need experts. You only need people that know Unix. After all, we are not takling about driver porting here... > If we would have it, then we would build and test the code. Or if > someone else is taking this over. So, maybe you want to help us? We are > open for this. :-) > I am sure the whole OpenIndiana community would like to help provided you do a few simple things: abandon SunStudio for Solaris and change the MAKE files according to our suggestions. A.S. -- Apostolos Syropoulos Xanthi, Greece
